The D’Urbervilles

What It Is,

Recording is super fun. We even have a pinball machine here in the studio. Exploring the stars and the entire universe is something we’re all really big on right now. Check it.

Oh, and as it turns out, Kyle DID bring his camera on the trip, so that’s why this picture looks so damn awesome.  Thanks, KD.

Anyhow, in addition to chilling in outer space, we just finished adding organ and synth parts to a new jam called Junkpile. We doubled up the organ on this old Farfisa that our engineer Drew found in the garbage and fixed up. Some of the keys were sticking, but we greased them squeaky wheels until they rolled smooth. Nice.

We’re just about to start laying down drums and bass for another tune, so I gotta go, but…

Stay tuned,

John O

Hi friends,

We’re really saddened to have learned of the passing of Michal Majewski, who was a fantastic concert poster artist from our hometown of Oshawa, Ontario. I don’t want to say much because he and the band weren’t very well acquainted, but our mutual pal Colin Medley does a good job of summing up our feelings here.

Goodnight,

The D’Urbs

Yo,

We’re in Montreal. Right now. We just dropped off our gear at Studio Plateau and start recording tomorrow. We had a great drive up the 401 this afternoon which included our requisite stop at Harvey’s in Kingston. Sad to say they’re out of those free burger coupons that they were giving out a few weeks ago, but the veggie combo was still pretty tight.

We forgot to bring our regular digi-cam with us, but my folks were generous enough to get me a new laptop for my birthday last week and it’s got a built in camera. Totally saved. Thanks Mom and Dad! Here’s a photo of Tim teaching me how to work the damn thing in between burger bites.

Xtra Pickles,

John O